Columnists - West Cork People

Taking the long view of renting versus buying a house in Ireland

WCP Staff July, 2025

Veronica Daly is the Proprietary Director of Moneytree Finance, which she runs with her husband Con. With over 20 years’ experience as a mortgage broker, Veronica runs the mortgage department of the company. Not for the first time in recent years, the price of renting in Ireland is in the […]

Exploring lumps and bumps

Dr Paula Stanley July, 2025

This month I’m running through the common sorts of lumps anyone can get, before getting into lumps that affect women only. If you notice a lump anywhere on your body for the first time, the best thing to do is go see your GP to figure out what it is. […]

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“Pimp up your water” by making the ultimate hydration drink at home

Hannah Dare July, 2025

I’ve always been passionate about water – I love watching it, swimming in it, and I even completed my MA Thesis on the sociological effects of water privatisation around the globe. Who owns water rights is a huge issue – in many places, if you control the source of water […]

Adventuring down West Cork roads

WCP Staff July, 2025

The Wild Atlantic Way has been a great success. Every year thousands take to our lovely roads and boreens. But a word of caution for those heading out this summer. West Cork roads are sneaky. West Cork roads will bring you back exactly where you started from. A road can […]

Celebrating the vibrant flavour of basil

Karen Austin July, 2025

I obviously didn’t consider the basil when I was trying to reduce our vegetable growing this year, as we have a dozen healthy plants all growing like the clappers, enough for a small restaurant not a downsized family! The thing about basil, or any other herb, is that if you don’t […]

Admiring the beauty of the common mallard

WCP Staff July, 2025

This month, branch committee member Mark Loughrey lauds the mallard. There is an old Irish saying that goes: ‘An rud is annamh is iontach’. It means ‘what is seldom is wonderful’. This is certainly true in the bird world. The elusive penduline tit that was spotted in Macroom a few […]

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